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Summary:
On July 11, 2010, the new Moon passed directly in front of the
sun, producing a solar eclipse of rare beauty across the South
Pacific. The path of totality crossed the Cook islands, Easter
island, the waters off Tahiti, and southern parts of Argentina
and Chile. [full
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Daniel Fischer,
80 km east of El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Jul. 11, 2010 |
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#2, #3,
#4, more |
The shadow of the Moon sweeping over Patagonia in southern Argentina plunges the steppe east of El Calafate into darkness just before sunset on 11 July 2010. The sharp delineation of the Moon's umbra in the sky stunned everyone. Pictures taken with compact camera at various zoom settings.
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Alejandro
Tombolini,
Trenel, La Pampa, Argentina
Jul. 11, 2010 |
#1,
#2 |
Solar
Eclipse from the Argentine pampas. Images taken with a Canon
Rebel XSi, using a telescope Willam Optics FLT 132 F/7.
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Donald
Gardner,
Atoll de Hao, French Polynesia, South Pacific
Jul. 11, 2010 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4 |
Our
group flew to this remote atoll (consisting of a coral reef
surrounding a lagoon) about 550 miles east of Tahiti. The
weather was perfect and the seeing was superb. The local
people gave us a warm welcome with Polynesian dances. Photo
details: Canon 7D with Takahashi FSQ-106ED, 400 ISO. |
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Malcolm
Park,
Hikuero Tahiti
Jul. 11, 2010 |
#1,
#2, #3
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from
Hikuero Atoll east of Tahiti. We were in and out of clouds
but I captured these images |
more
images: from
Neil Barabas of Mangaia, Cook Islands, South Pacific
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